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Pyramid Solitaire Version 3.02 CGA or Monochrome (C) Copyright 1987,88,89 by Raymond M. Buti All Rights Reserved United Innovations Plus Post Office Box 21081 Castro Valley, Ca. 94546 (415) 886-0958 TERMS This software is distributed as ShareWare. What this means is, you a granted free license to use, copy and distribute this software as often as you wish so long as the following restrictions have been met: 1 - When distributing this software, it must be in its original unmodified form. The ARCed or Compressed .EXE version of this software will only be distributed to Bulletin Board Systems and computer information exchanges, i.e. The Great American Dream Machine (415)-581-3019, GEnie, Delphi, The Source, Compuserve etc. 2 - Prior written consent from United Innovations Plus must be obtained before a fee or charge is made for copying or distribution, with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. 3 - This software shall not be included with other programs, goods, services, etc. without prior written consent from United Innovations Plus with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. REGISTRATION AGREEMENT United Innovations Plus requires you to register this software if you plan on using it. Registered users will receive the latest version with all options available, full support and notification of later releases. Please note that not all options and functions are available with this Shareware release. To register your copy of this software, please use the Registration Form and make checks payable to United Innovations Plus. TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAMS ON DISK ............................................. 1 REQUIRED PROGRAMS ............................................ 1 STARTING THE GAME ............................................ 2 LAYOUT ....................................................... 2 OBJECT ....................................................... 2 VALUE OF CARDS ............................................... 2 STARTING SCREEN .............................................. 3 MAIN PLAYING SCREEN .......................................... 3 MAIN SCREEN OPTIONS .......................................... 4 SETUP SCREEN ................................................. 4 SETUP OPTIONS ................................................ 5 STATISTICS ................................................... 6 HIGH SCORES .................................................. 6 GAME SCORING ................................................. 7 MOUSE SUPPORT ................................................ 7 PLAYING OPTIONS .............................................. 7 SPECIAL KEYS ................................................. 8 CARD POINTER ................................................. 8 AVERAGES AND TOTALS .......................................... 8 SHAREWARE VERSION ............................................ 8 REGISTRATION FORM ............................................ 9 PROGRAMS ON DISK File Name File Description Pyramid .Exe - Main program for Pyramid Solitaire. Pyramid .Doc - Documentation for Pyramid Solitaire. PyStart .Bat - A batch file to read the documentation, print the documentation and install Pyramid Solitaire on a Hard Drive. PyRead .Com - Used by PyStart.Bat. PyReply .Com - Used by PyStart.Bat. PyIntro - Used by PyStart.Bat. PyPrt - Used by PyStart.Bat. PyHd - Used by PyStart.Bat. PyReg - Registration Form Pyr302S .Arc - Shareware Version of Pyramid Solitaire REQUIRED PROGRAMS The only program required to run Pyramid Solitaire is Pyramid.Exe. From your Dos prompt, type PYRAMID and press ENTER. - 1 - STARTING THE GAME This is one of the most popular members of the simple addition family of solitaire games. Before you play this game, make a backup copy of Pyramid by using one the COPY commands found in your DOS manual. Use your backup copy to play Pyramid and NOT your original source disk. After you have booted up your system, place your new copy of Pyramid in Drive A. Type "Pyramid", then press the ENTER key. High scores are saved to disk and therefore require the disk to remain in your drive. Hard Disk users are required to be in the directory where Pyramid has been installed. LAYOUT Twenty-eight cards are dealt in the form of a pyramid. The pyramid has seven rows of cards. This is composed of successive rows of one to seven cards. Each card is overlapped by two cards of the row below. The last row which contains seven cards are turned face up. All the other cards of the pyramid are turned face down. The remainder of the deck is placed off to the right of the pyramid. The top card of the deck is turned face up and place in a stock pile. This card is also available for play. A card in the pyramid is available for play if not covered by any other. The play of two adjacent cards releases one card in the previous row. OBJECT Remove all cards from the pyramid and from the remainder of the deck by simple addition using any two cards available for play. The two cards must add up to 13 points. The only exception to this rule is when a King is exposed. The King is worth thirteen points and therefore may be removed without the need for a second card. VALUE OF CARDS CARDS VALUE Ace's 1 2's through 10's Face value Jack's 11 Queen's 12 King's 13 - 2 - STARTING SCREEN Once you have started Pyramid, a screen will come up showing the name of the game, version number and copyright notice. After a few seconds, the main playing screen will appear and you'll be ready to play Pyramid. If you get tired of looking at the first screen, press any key and you will bring up the playing screen. MAIN PLAYING SCREEN The main part of this screen will be blank at first. This is the right portion which will eventually be filled with the cards when dealt. Starting with the upper right portion of the screen, you will see the words "Standard Game" (See Setup Options #5 for Standard and Relaxed Games). This is the best and hardest way to play the game of Pyramid. You will also see a current game counter, total game counter, an average score for "Standard Games" and one for "Relaxed Games". The current game counter will keep track of the amount of games currently played. Each time you start the game from DOS, the current game counter will start at zero. The total game counter will show you how many total games have been played. This takes into account both the Standard Games and Relaxed Games. The average scores will change with each game played. In order for Pyramid to keep track of this, you must be in the same directory or drive as the Pyramid.Exe file resides. Below those statistics is part of the playing area. The right portion of your screen will display the card count and scoring area. As cards are picked, they are moved to the card count area. Once the card or cards total 13, they are moved to the scoring area and your score is updated. The lower right portion of the screen will display and area to hold the waste pile, stock pile and the remaining portion of the deck. When starting the game, the deck will be shuffled, the cards dealt to form the Pyramid, and the unused portion of the deck will be moved to the deck area. The waste and stock pile will be filled as play continues. - 3 - MAIN SCREEN OPTIONS The next to last line on the screen will display the options you currently have available. You should see the following: F1/ENTER Deal F2 Replay F3 Setup F5 Stats F8 Score F10 Quit F1/ENTER - Pressing Function 1 or the ENTER key will deal out a new hand. When this is done, the available options shown on the lower portion of your screen will change. F2 - Pressing Function 2 will allow you to replay the last hand, allowing you to make different moves. You must have previously dealt out one hand before using this option. F3 - Pressing Function 3 will bring up the Setup Menu and allow you to setup Pyramid Solitaire to your liking. See Setup Screen. F5 - Pressing Function 5 will pop up a statistics window. F8 - Pressing Function 8 will bring up the Top 15 High Scores. F10 - Pressing Function 10 will quit the game and return you to your DOS prompt. SETUP SCREEN The Setup Screen is reached by pressing Function 3 from the Main Playing Screen. Your screen will display the following default settings: 1 Display Shuffling On 2 Sound On 3 Save High Scores Off 4 Cards Dealt Face Down 5 Allow Redeals Off 6 Sliding Screens On 7 Snow Removal Off 8 Card Movement Speed 20 9 Change Card Colors 0 Delete High Score File - 4 - SETUP OPTIONS 1 - Pressing the number 1 key will toggle the shuffling display On/Off. If you would prefer not to view the shuffling of the cards, set this to Off. 2 - Pressing the number 2 key will toggle the sound On/Off. 3 - If you want your high scores saved to disk, press the number 3 key. If this is set to "On", a file will be created called "Pyramid.His". This file will hold the information required when viewing the High Scores from the Main Screen. 4 - The cards dealt for the layout in Pyramid are dealt either face down or face up. The default setting is face down. This is changed by pressing the number 4 key. 5 - The remaining deck in Pyramid should be dealt through one time. If the game is not won, then you must start a new game. This option will allow you to redeal the remaining cards over again. This may be done as often as you wish so long as there aren't any cards remaining in the unused deck area. Doing this makes the game a heck of a lot easier to win. NOTE: When redeals is set to "ON", the scoring of the game will change (See Game Scoring). Setting this to "ON" puts you in the Relaxed Game, while "OFF" puts you in the Standard Game. 6 - While going from one screen to another, the screens will slide open. If this causes snow or you would rather not see it happen, you may turn it off by pressing the number 6 key. 7 - If you are experiencing snow, changing this to "ON" should reduce most of the snow. 8 - Your cards are dealt and moved around the table at the default speed setting of 20. This means nothing until you actually see the cards in motion. By pressing the number 8 key, you will be able to change the speed setting for the card movement speed. The bottom of your screen will display the following options: LEFT/RIGHT Arrows ENTER F10 Use your LEFT/RIGHT Arrow keys to decrease or increase the speed setting. The lower the number, the faster the cards move. Press the ENTER key if you want to see the effect the speed setting has on the card movement. When you are satisfied with the setting, press the Function 10 key to indicate you are done. - 5 - 9 - Pressing the number 9 key will bring you to another screen which will allow you to change the card colors. The top portion or your screen will display a row of cards, face down. Below that row will be another row, face up. The lower portion of your screen will display the following: Card Back Card Face F1 Border Foreground Color F4 Border Foreground Color F2 Border Background Color F5 Border Background Color F3 Pattern Color F6 Face Color ALT-D Restore Default Colors Pressing the Function keys, F1 through F6 will change the two card rows to the available colors allowed with each function key pressed. Pressing ALT-D will restore the card colors to their default colors. When you are satisfied with the color changes, press the ENTER key and you will be returned to the Setup Screen. 0 - Pressing the number 0 key will erase your Pyramid.His file from disk. All your high scores will be lost and you will be starting off with a clean slate. When you are satisfied with the changes you have made, press the ENTER key and you will return to the Main Playing Screen. NOTE: When you quit playing Pyramid Solitaire, any changes you have made will be saved. The next time you play Pyramid Solitaire, the last changes you have made will remain until you make any future changes. In order to do this, you must be in the same drive or directory that Pyramid.Exe resides in. STATISTICS This screen is viewed by pressing the Function 5 key from the Main Playing Screen. This screen contains a more thorough breakdown of the Standard and Relaxed games played. To exit this window, press the ENTER key. HIGH SCORES This screen is viewed by pressing the Function 8 key from the Main Playing Screen. This screen will allow you to view the top fifteen players. The screen will display the players name, score, game number and date the score was recorded. On the right side of the players name will be either a "-S" or "-R". These symbols stand for Standard Game and Relaxed Game Scoring. - 6 - GAME SCORING In this game of Pyramid, each card is worth 10 points in the Standard Game. Your best possible score will be 520 points. The Relaxed Game will be scored a little differently. Your cards are worth 10 points each for the first round. If you have not won the game and wish to redeal the remaining cards, your card points will be reduced by 2, making them worth 8 points each. Each redeal reduces the point value by 2. The lowest point value will not go below 2. MOUSE SUPPORT Pyramid Solitaire supports the use of a Microsoft (or true compatible) mouse. Be sure you have your mouse driver installed if you plan on using one. The mouse is supported only during the actual playing of the game. See Playing Options. PLAYING OPTIONS Once you have pressed either F1 or F2 from the Main Playing Screen, the options available will change. If you are playing a Relaxed Game, your options will show: L/R Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow R F10 While playing the Standard Game, your options will show: L/R Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow F10 L/R Arrows - Pressing either of these keys will move the pointer in the direction of the arrow you have pressed. If you are using a mouse, moving the mouse left and right will act the same as if you were using the arrow keys. Up Arrow - Pressing the up arrow will select the card that the pointer is pointing to. This will be your first card picked. If the first card is not a King, move the L/R arrows again and select the second card by pressing the up arrow. If you are using a mouse, press the left mouse button to select the card. Down Arrow - Pressing the down arrow will replace the first card you have select. If you have moved your pointer to another location, you may still replace the card. When your card is replaced, your pointer is returned to the first card position you had selected. If you are using a mouse, press the right mouse button to replace the card. - 7 - R - If you are playing the Relaxed Game, and the deck has been depleted, pressing this key will replace the cards from the waste and stock pile back to the deck pile in the same order they were originally. This will allow you to continue playing until you've either won or discovered that hand cannot be won. F10 - Press Function 10 when you want to quit playing the hand. This may be done at any time. SPECIAL KEYS When playing Pyramid, to move to top card off the undealt portion of the deck, you may use the "D" key rather than moving the pointer to the deck. CARD POINTER When the first card has been selected, further movement of the pointer will skip over the cards that are not playable. If the player has picked a card that was covering two others, further movement of the pointer will skip past the previously covered cards. They are not playable. AVERAGES AND TOTALS The total games played are shown on the Main Playing Screen. This is a total of both the Standard and Relaxed games. The average score for both the Standard and Relaxed Games are not taken from the total games played. They are computed by the actual games played from each mode of play. SHAREWARE VERSION The ShareWare version of Pyramid Solitaire does not support the saving of high scores to disk, the saving of the setup options, or the game counters. Those options are available to registered users only. These minor restrictions will not effect the game in anyway. After you have played Pyramid Solitaire for a reasonable time, we ask for your support by sending in your registration. Registered users will receive the latest Registered Version, with full saving features, and the latest ShareWare Version. - 8 - REGISTRATION FORM Registration entitles the user to full support, upgrade notifications, discounts on all programs and future programs. Pyramid Solitaire Version 3.02 Registration Registration Fee 5 1/4" disk $15.00 _______ Registration Fee 3 1/2" disk $17.00 _______ All 22 Shareware versions on 5 1/4" disks $ 8.00 _______ All 22 Shareware versions on 3 1/2" disks $10.00 _______ Foreign orders add $ 5.00 _______ Total $ _______ Name _______________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________ City _____________________________ St. ______ Zip __________ Computer System ________________________________________________ Please check one: MONO____ CGA____ EGA____ VGA____ Where did you acquire this version of Pyramid Solitaire ________________________________________________________________ If you have a VGA card and would like to receive a FREE copy of our Latest ShareWare VGA Solitaire game, please check here ____. Comments & Suggestions ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ United Innovations Plus Make checks payable to: Post Office Box 21081 Castro Valley, CA 94546 - 9 -